This is a dead serious thread. I am not trolling. I really do need advice. My wife and I just won our state's lottery. We are the only winners. We plan to take it all in one lump sum which will come out to just over 6.4 million. I am in my 40's and my wife in her early 50's. We currentlly owe $221,000 on our mortage which we just refinanced so it's at the start of a 30 year term. The rate is 4.75%. We owe between student loan and cc bills 85K. We plan to pay those off and we are really tempted to pay off the mortage. We both want to quit our jobs... we hate them. We currently make a combined 96K before taxes. My question is how do we invest the $$$ so we can live off the interest we make. What are our options? What should we do. We plan to hire an accountant, attorny, and financila planner but I really respect the opinion of those on this board and would really appreciate your feedback.